Feed-mixing machine.



M. R/WILLIMS, FEED MIXING MACHINE. APPLIGATIOH FILED JUNE 12, 1911.

Patented A ug. 13, 1,912,

`t) radial portionf lf positioned on opposite UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

MILTON F. WILLIAMS, OF ST. LGUIS, IVIISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO 'WILLIAMS PATENT CRUSHER & PULVERIZER COIiDPiITY-Y A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

FEED-MIXING MACHINE. x

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented A ne'. 13, 1912.

Ap'plation filed .Tune 12, 1911. Serial No. 632,816.

To all whom 'it may concern' lie it known that. L Mii/ronv it. Wimmiis, I a eitizen of the United States7 residing' at. St. Louis, Misouri. have invented a t-ertain 5 new and useful improvement in l"eef`l-t\lixing' )'laehines. of whieh the followingis a, iull7 elear, and exact deaeription, sufh as will enahle otherg Skilled in the art to which it; api'iertninS to make and use the sanie.v refln erenee hein!! had to the aeeoinpanying drawingst forming part ot' this speeitieati'on, in lwhich-u l `ignre l is a side elevational View in Seetion ot iny ilnprored niaehine. Vig". L is a ys'eetion taken transversely otI the niaehine. .dy intention relates to an improvement in mixingl lnafhines and ezepefiallv to that Clasy ol machines intended to thoroughlyv i.|i.\' Stitch materials an are eonnnonlir uned 9o to l'eed animals snel in; (thickens, ete. t

The. object otr my improvement' is to provide a mixing' niaeliine. in whieh the ingredients ol' the feeding` material Sueh as corn. wheat, hran etet, may he, inserted and thrown together to he, mixed and a fterwa rd pasfed through a Series of oonveyers to .thoroughljyv eoniplet'e tl'ie. mixing1 operation. Velerring to tho drawings: l indieates the traino ol' the mixing derive which is 50 eoi'ni'nised ol two end ineinhers i2 and snit- :1h15Y attached and supported on cross hetnns 4 and 5 or other Suitable Supportingmeans. rl`he ends 2 and artI mnneeted at, the top h v a U-sh1tped Sheet iron structure t', torni-- in@r the t'eed reeel'itaele. This reeeptaele iS .'suitahl)7 hracetil along its length and is provided with reniovahle covers 7 at. the top. in the lower portion of the receptacle is positioned :i Shaft 8 journaled at S) and l0 40 within the en'd trames 2 and On this, shaft are fixed a :writes o'l arms ll which are of the Same general ,shape hut differently arranged upon the shaft. vllaeh af'in is provided with a, hul) portion 1&2 and a curved radial ai'in portion l with an extension 14- arrangef. SIhrtantialljtf concentric to the Shaft S. aid extenfeion heilig lient to one side olthe radial arin 2"). these arms ll are arranged as Shown in Fig. l with the Sides diai'mftriealltr ot' the,v Shaft, F so thaty the Curved ev\t ,nf-ions l/l. when two ot' thee arils's are positioned as :itated7 cover suh- StfintiallgY th" entire periphery olI a eirt'le. haringy Hhat't, ti a@ the eenler thereof. 'these t arml i3 are arranged in setf-a ol two along` the length of the Shaft and prelerahlf.7 the bent end 14 in one, pair are inclined oppositely to those in the next' adjaf'ent pair. .1X series of openings l5 are eut within tht` hottorn of the receptacle t3 tor the pasage ot' tliernaterial when thoronjg'hlf,v mixed within the receptacle.

Below the reeeptaele f3 is positioned a eon- Veyer conipartnlent lt t'tn'n'xed ol' a pieee ot' sheet metal 1T lient. to engage at eat'h end in cross rod i8 and t) extending hetweeu the end frames 2 and #hatt 72H is joui naled within removable heatingy in the end Vtrames L and 2'3 and has :i eontinuorty spiral. eonre'rer 2l positioned thereon extending entirely through the eonrei'er I'oinimrlinent. lf3 from end to end. said etnnpartinent hein;r out a way at the lower Side at lor the paasage of the nii.\'ture. lelow the eonreyer eoinpartnient llt ia a seeond eonrtxrer eoinpartlnent 23 t'orn'led ot #heet inetal l lient zit. either end around eroe# hart 25 and 2V extending between the end trames and .X shaft .2T is iournaled within the end tranufr and within the eonipartnient it i nd upon this sl'iat't iS lixed :i wriea ol. arms; or blades forming a eont'eyer and mixer. eaeh arin eornprisinj f :1 hul '.St haring oppo- .fsitiely arrangedl radial arnia It() with" tlirghta or wings 151 positioned diagonalljty at the e.\'treinitie,s` thereof. these flights or wings ill lining hereled at the end to torni sharp edges. A delivery chute T32 is l'aS-tened tothe lower side ol" one end ol' the emnpartn'tent; 223 which has an openingr 552') eoinninnnatiupr therewith. I have. also shown a pipe il po- Sitioned within the end wall eoinniunieating with thel eonipartnient. lt", as well as with the outside ot the wall lor the injection of water. i

gear 33 iS arranged on the. outer end ot Shaft', F4 interineshing with pinion il() jonrnnled witlii'n the end wall 2 whii'h pinion in turn engages the under pinion ST on the outer.' end ot' the shaft Q0. At the oppoifite end of the yhatt 2t) is arranged a pinion 53H engaging with theI gear i.) on nhalt. 2. drive wheel fl() is ,suitahli fixed on the ethal't. Q0. Suitable sido'pieeea /l'l and t! ol' sheet metal are :tttaehed lo the sides ol" the reeeptaele t3 and extend downwardly to ein liiaee the ero s hars and 143 formino .aide infilo-'nrw' lior the, eouipartnu-nt# lt' and "ii,

The, various materials; to l'orrn the mixture lltl are placed Within the receptacle 6 and the arms 14 which are rotated very rapidly throw the particles of the various materials together and gradually move the mixture over one of the openings 15 from whence it drops into the compartment 16 to be fed toward the left in Fig. 1 by the conveyor 21 whence it is delivered through the opening 22 into the compartment Q3 to be acted upon by the conveyor arms 28 which not only serve to thoroughly mix the materials but feed it toward the discharge spout 3Q.

I am aware that minor changes can be made in the arrangement, construction and combination of the various elements in my device without departing from the spirit of my invention, the scope of which isv indicated in the accompanying claims.

Vhat I claim is:

1. In a mixing machine, a mixing receptacle provided with a series of openings, a series of flights operating over said openings, amixing compartment provided with a teed opening at one end and a discharge opening at. the other, a. conveyer compartment extending below the openings in the mixing receptacle, a conveyer in said conveyer compartment adapted to feed material to the feed opening of the mixing compartment, and combined feeding and mixin mechanism in said mixing compartmentadapted to feed material Jfrom the feed opening to the discharge opening.

Q. In a mixing machine, a mixing receptacle, a shaft in said mixing receptacle and mixing dights on said shaft, said -lights having a radial arm attached to said shaft and having a free arm curved spirally relative to said shaft.

3. A feed mixer comprising a casing divided into three superimposed compart- `ments, the uppermost of said compartments being provided with an opening communicating with the intermediate compartment, the intermediate compartment being provided with an opening communicating with the lowermost compartment, mixing flights in the uppermost compartment, a conveyer in the intermediate compartment, and combined mixing and conveying mechanism in the lowermost compartment, one of said compartments being provided with an opening for the injection of liquid.

' 4. A mixing machine comprising a pair of end frames, a feed receptacle mounted between said end frames, a conveyer compartment mounted between said end frames belov7 said feed receptacle, a mixing compartment mounted between' said end frames below said conveyer compartment, shafts j ournaled in said end frames and extending through said respective compartments, and mixing and conveying members mounted on said shafts.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afix my signature in the presence of two witnesses, this 9th day of June, 1911.

e MILTON FQWILLIAMS.

litnesses:

M. P. SMITH, E. M. HARRINGTON. 

